The Brooklyn Trust Company was a New York City bank.
The company was chartered in 1866. In 1873 it had difficulties resulting in a brief suspension of operations. Between 1913 and 1930 the company acquired five other banks through mergers. The company merged into the Manufacturers Trust Company on October 13, 1950. At the time of the merger the Brooklyn Trust Company had 26 branches.
- George Vincent McLaughlin was president of the Brooklyn Trust Company starting in 1940.
- Charles J. Mason (1900–1990) joined the Brooklyn Trust Company in 1939. He was an assistant vice president when it merged with Manufacturers Hanover in 1950. He became an assistant vice president in 1953 and vice president in 1955, retiring in 1964.
- William Boone Nauts (1903–1990) joined the Brooklyn Trust Company in 1925. During the Depression he joined the Manufacturers Trust Company. He retired in 1967 as a vice president of Manufacturers Hanover Trust.
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